goals. we have to take care of our end. >> we still have plenty ahead. more weather, traffic and top stories. >> fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. good morning to you. this is a live look outside. a chilly start to our thursday morning, valentine's day. happy valentine's day. we had some snowflakes overnight in certain parts of this region and in other parts, we had some rain. so very interesting start to the morning on valentine's day. hope you got or you're going to get all want on valentine's day. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's turn now to tucker barnes. >> much quieter now. we have clear skies that have moved in. >> do we want to take a look at some of the areas that got some snow first. >> i guess so. >> this is oakton, virginia.

this is from overnight. there is a little bit of snow you can see right next to the snowman still up from christmas. >> i'm not sure that is an actual snow snowman. >> you don't think so? >> a lot of snow. >> it was a christmas decoration. >> yes, covering some some spots, a little upwards of 2 inches as you get up towards northern maryland and southern pennsylvania. that was about it. the flake were beautiful and when it transitioned from rain to snow even here in northwest washington, big beautiful snowflakes falling. enough to scrape on your car this morning in spots. it will take you a few extra minutes here to get out the door and get to work roadwise so be ready for it. 35 at reagan national. dulles, 34. bwi marshall, 32 degrees. looking at our radar, you can see wear nice and quiet here locally. we've cleared out. that has allowed temperatures

to bottom out in the upper 20s and low 30s. temperatures are cooling off enough for anything that was liquid to refreeze on the roads. there is the bigger picture. we are quiet up towards boston. that is our storminess pushing off the southeast coast of the massachusetts and we are in no a lot of sunshine and a beautiful day with high temperatures about 50 degrees or so here in washington. so a nice one. 49 in quantico. 50 in fredericksburg. >> it is so chilly when we start out but it is nice when you see the temperatures. you realize you can get outside. >> the sun is getting higher in the sky. >> yeah. thank you, tucker. >> time to check in with julie wright. she has a look at on-time traffic. >> all right. here is what i know. downtown, there was a place police chase that ended on the inbound 11th street bridge. that is where we still have the police activity and an accident that remains under investigation. on the ram top eastbound 50, we had the other crash and that was tying up the ramp to

riverdale. wake up to just wet pavement. grassy areas covered with its white stuff. our roads look clear. traffic flowing freely although starting to slow a bit coming across the occoquan leaving woodbridge up to the springfield interchange. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. we are staying on top of breaking news today from south africa. olympic sprinter oscar pistorius. he allegedly shot to death the woman that was his girlfriend. she may have been trying to vice him for valentine's day. developing in our area this morning, an elderly machine found dead inside his northern virginia home. >> police are calling it a

suspicious death and are now searching for clues and a suspect. >> melanie alnwick is live with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the house here on holly street is still taped off. there is also a police car stationed out front as investigators try to figure out exactly what happened here. here is what we do know. it was shortly before #:00 last night when an adult resident came home and found the 94-year- old man dead alone in the house. police say he had upper body trauma but they didn't elaborate on exactly what that means. >> some of the paramedics aride on the scene and pronounced him dead at the scene. we are still investigating but we do feel it appears to be somewhat suspicious. >> reporter: sources tell fox 5 that investigators believe there was a burglary or robbery here and that the person who

found the man dead was either an adult son or step-son. police do not have any information at this point bay possible suspect. at this point, they are just calling day death investigation. they have not put that label of murder or homicide yet on this case. now, according to an article in the del ray patch, the people would lived in this house had complained for the city council last year about two burglaries. but police so far have not confirmed those reports. >> a left questions still this morning. thank you so much. we'll check in with you later. looking at some of our other top stories this horn, an alexandria sheriff's deputy is on routine administrative leave after prince george's county police say the deputy shot and killed an intruder. the deputy returned home on rose marie drive in fort washington tuesday night and found an intruder inside. he shot the suspect using a personal handgun. the intruder collapsed on the front law and died. police have not released the deputy's name or the intruder's name. there is another sealed

hearing set for today in the chandra levy murder trial. it has to do with new evidence in the case. the capitol hill intern was found murdered back in 2001 and an illegal immigrant was found guilty and sentenced to 60 years in prison. at today's hearings, some court observers and member of the media will be allowed into the courtroom but will not be able to hear what the lawyers and judges are saying. still ahead on fox 5 morning news, one. our area's largest school systems meets with parents and community members about school security. >> we'll tell you what changes are already in place and what changes you could see soon. >> first, police confirm the manhunt for a former lapd officer accused in a killing spree is over though one major question in the case has yet to be answered. we'll be back.  my mom doesn't drink starbucks coffee because she thinks it's too dark,

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was tossed into the cab unand the canister burst into flames. san bernardino county sheriff's office says tear gas was tossed into the cabin and the canister burst into flames. flames. a vote on a president appear cabinet choice gets delayed. the head of the senate intelligence committee is postponing a vote to confirm onbrennan as director of the cia until later this month. california democrat die appear feinstein is demanding more details from the white house about lethal drone strikes and more information about last september's attack on the u.s. consulate in benefit ghazi,

libya. some republicans have said they will put a held on brep nan's confirmation until they get the details. it has been a question on the minds of many parents since the school shooting in cop cop. what changes are being put in place to keep students safe. one major school system in our area is addressing those concerns. we'll have the details. coming up. >> we are clearing out after rain and/or snow crossed the region last night. what does your thursday have in store? a mostly good news forecast. we'll have that for you and julie wright has your traffic right after the break. 

welcome back. parts of mississippi continue to recover from a massive tornado that hit on sunday. president obama has doe cleared a federal disafter ther in the state clearing wait for some federal aide to be used in recovery efforts there. the tornado hit the campus of the university of mississippi at hattiesburg causing millions of dollars in damage. >> live look outside right now at the washington monument. chilly start and some areas got some snow. >> not a whole lot of snow but up to about anden. enough to have to do a little scraping out there on the windshields. you might see a slick spot or two on the roadways as temperatures are falling back into the upper 20s and low 30s. just be ready for that. otherwise, it should be a beautiful day for today. we are not expecting any more

rain and/or snow around here. >> we need a quiet valued. >> yes, we do. we need wisdom to start reading. >> we've got some stuff too. we want some stories too. >> about a half in. out at dulles. winchester about an inch. at reagan national, officially a trace. it has been years since we've picked up more than an in. of snow that a given storm at reagan national. it goes back to january of 2011. 35 at reagan national. 32 at leonardtown. 32 in baltimore. fredericksburg, good morning, you are 31 degrees. you get idea. very cold start to the day. high temperatures later this afternoon, upper 40s to about 50 with lots of sunshine. should be a very nice afternoon for you as high pressure builds in. there is your satellite-radar. we're nice and quiet. you can see the cloud cover breaking up and clouds off to the north and east. that is our storminess. leftover as we are still

getting i agent snow there out towards cape cod. otherwise, things are quieting down along the eastern seaboard. our next focus, this little piece of energy out towards chicago will dip down into the washington area late tomorrow night and that will bring us for the most part colder air for the weekend. it could also give us a period of rain and/or snow showers around here second half of friday night into early saturday morning. here is your forecast for today. plenty of sunshine. wind won't be terribly strong out of the north and west at five to 10. nice valentine's day. 38 tonight, a few clouds and cool overnight. parts of the area will be close to freezing tomorrow morning and here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast. mentioned the chance for showers and/or snow showers late tomorrow night. generally sunny this weekend although cold. president's day for those of you who get to enjoy a day off, 47 with sunshine all of the nice-hooking stretch here for the long weekend. that is a look at weather. let's do some traffic and find out what is happening with julie. >> all right. on the roads this morning, we woke up. we found that white fluffy

stuffat gss but not so much on the interstates, which is good for us. however, northbound along i-95 as you continue out towards 895, before a crash. the right side of the road is what is squeezing by. delays are starting to form back at route 100 headed northbound along route i-95 this morning. no issues reported on 295 if you are heading up towards b wait a minute for a flight. no issues reported as you travel north of 212 and powder mill road. on the top stretch of the beltway, inner loop is nice and clear from 207 headed eastbound towards silver spring. on the outer loop, authorities tell me they are on the scene of the crash that is tying up two right lanes on the outer loop of the beltway. heads up leaving silver spring continuing westbound around 495. southbound 270, you are still in the clear. no issues reported right now from germantown headed out towards the split. eastbound on 66, no issues reported right now leaving

manassas coming in from the rest area headed out towards centerville. light traffic volume here. northbound on 95 and 395, you will find the lanes are open leaving stafford headed to woodbridge. hovs running smoothly for those continuing out towards newington. 395 good to go for those leaving the capital play continuing out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. e traffic. many parents have had questions about school security since last year's elementary school shooting in connecticut. >> like many senior high school systems in your area, fairfax county schools are working hard to make sure students are safe. audrey barnes has more. >> reporter: the sandy hook shooter kicked his way into the school and began his shooting rampage. one of the first questions asked at this community forum was what measures were being considered to secure the classrooms. putting a chain lock on the door arab bar

on the door so a teacher can make that door secure. >> and in a panic, that starts happening that. extra implement you put in that door, they're in the going to get it off. i have aseep scratch marks dug in doors where people in a panic can't find the door knob of an open door. that is our methodology behind why we don't do that. >> reporter: jim mclean says fairfax county schools have started testing electronic access doors at county high schools. some middle and elementary schools already have them. as far as chaining and barricaded classroom doors, he says locks are best. >> the case study has been folks not going through locked doors. >> reporter: mclean says every classroom has an emergency safety guide for teachers and substitutes to follow in an emergency. there are even vests inside, orange for teachers, yellow for administrators so first responders can identify them.

there is another big change that even parents have note you giant food before the connecticut shooting be i could walk into a school unchallenge enged and walk right past the principal's office right into my kid's class if i wanted to. that has changed. >> reporter: school security heads and police say parents and others in the community have a key role to play in protecting the schools. >> our focus, although we think of that physical structure, the brick and mortar, extends far out into the community. getting to know your neighbors, being watchful and mindful of suspicious people, cars and packages. and jim emphasized the point having the confidence to pick up the phone and dialing local law enforcement for us to further investigate it. >> that was audrey barnes reporting. fairfax county also had a tip line where tips can be phoned in anonymously. it is on your screen right now. it takes creative thinking

to keep the attention of students. >> one local teacher has no problem with that. >> the first tune in my bag is this triangle theorem. you get 108 each and every time you add. >> i like it. >> oh, yeah. here how his skills on the mic translate to skills in the classroom. we'll tell you all about it when we come back. come back. 

welcome back on this thursday. just a quick note to pass along to you out there. frederick county, maryland schools are on a two-hour delay this morning. we did have some snow this moved through the area. probably some slick roadways out there. just keep that in mind. frederick county, maryland schools a two-hour delay this morning. in our news, when it comes to exercise for older women, less may be more. researchers say women who exercised four times a week felt the most energized and physically capable. they also burned more calories than women who exercised more than that or less than that. a black history tradition will live on this weekend in the swimming pool. the 27th annual black history swim meet begins tomorrow at the tacoma community center t runs through sunday. tonight, their gray will host a

pep rally for the d.c. wave swim team. math class isn't always fun but one teacher is changing that. >> the tool in my bag is this triangle sum theorem. you get 180 each ped every time you add them. >> beth parker has story of a teacher who is turning his math skills into mic skills. >> reporter: jake scott doesn't just torch the lesson. he feels the beat. >> coming you like kris kringle, bringing you gifts to help you solve triangles. >> reporter: the nickname is 2pi and this montgomery school math teacher can get feet tapping. >> he is my best teacher. >> reporter: scott was looking for a way to help his precalculus students. >> the goal was to help the precalc students to get through

class. >> he started writing rap songs and making videos. triangle is the mother of all polygons. >> reporter: scott remembers sweating it out the first time he showed a video to the kids. >> i'm putting it before my students so now, the critiquer is being critiqued. >> reporter: but the reviews are in. >> it gets stuck in your head. >> we are learning at the same time. >> very good. >> reporter: now, jake scott is not just a face in the crowd. he has gotten some recognition for his work n2011, he was and naacp teacher of the year. the recognition is not his goal. >> really, the goal is i want to change lives. my life was changed by a teacher and i know the road that i was on prior to that. >> scott grew up in capital heights maryland and went to

american university on a wrestling scholarship. he worked every day to reach kids. >> speak their language. meet them on their ground ground and say okay, i met you halfway. i listened to you, can you listen to me and i think the students appreciate that exchange. >> reporter: there are students, teachers, even the superintendent makes a brief cameo in the videos. >> he is a funny guy but he makes class more fun. i used to strug i'll lot with math. now, i get it. >> reporter: that is music to the ears of this teacher. in silver spring, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> way to get through to the kids. >> it looks like this valentine's day will be one to never forget. the state's lottery department says the winners of a $217 million jackpot ticket will be revealed today. couple will receive a check at richmond's international airport this afternoon. the winning ticket was bought

an airport kiosk earlier this month. finally, they're coming out. >> i hope their last name is martin and their first name is wisdom. >> were new richmond? >> no. could be some distant relatives. >> you keep dreaming. >> still plenty ahead. we'll tell you about help for home owners facing foreclosure that is happening today. >> we continue to follow a developing story in alexandria this morning. a 94-year-old man found dead in his home in a quiet neighborhood. we are live on the scene this morning with more on what police are saying right now. 

welcome back on this thursday, february 14th. happy valued. just a quick men's for you. frederick county, maryland schools or a two-hour delay today. of course, we've had some weather that rolled in, you know, late yesterday and a little bit of snow and slick spots around the area. >> not a whole lot. >> i also want to say we just got word that carol county public schools are on a two- hour delay as well. want to get that in before you got rolling. >> breaking news. that is a big deal. i remember growing up around here. >> two-hour delay, you're like i'm going to kick back. >> that means you have like 20- minute classes. by the time you sit down, you get up and leave to the next class. >> not a bad deal. >> you take it. >> unfortunately, not much to sled on out there. we did pick up between a

dusting and a trace officially at reagan national to a little morning an inch in spots. much of the area falling at or below freezing. pittsburgh is 28 degrees. we mentioned locally we're having spots fall below freezing as well. there could be a couple slippery spots early this morning. 37 in chicago. 28 in detroit. should be a beautiful day around here. our storminess from yesterday, our rain and/or snow out of here and we've cleared out overnight and lots of sunshine expected today. upper 40s to about 50 for daytime highs. winds won't be terribly strong. it will be a nice looking day. high temperatures later today at 5:00 p.m. about 48 degrees. >> okay. and 48 -- i mean that is pretty good for this time of year. we could be talking like blizzard conditions for us. >> oh, yeah. >> and we're not. >> normally, february is the coldest month of the area anyway. >> it wouldn't be bad to snuggle up to valentine's day. >> that is why i went with sweet there at 5:00 p.m. >> you went with what?

>> sweet at 5:00 p.m. >> oh, that is so nice. i almost missed that. >> you are a special kind of guy today. feeling romantic. what can i tell you, wisdom. >> please save me from this, julie wright. >> don't send it over here. i think it is funny though. he he is talking about people getting all sweet at 5:00. he means us because we go to bed at 6:00. there was a police chase that resulted in an accident off of northbound 295 to the inbound 11th street bridge. the accident activity now cleared so the ramp has been reopened. we have that accident activity that was under investigation for quite some time but the ramp has been reopened traveling off of the northbound 295 coming across the anacostia headed for the freeway. if you are traveling northbound, you will find lanes are open continuing out towards the d.c. line. but earlier this morning, as a result of a police chase, we had a portion of the inbound 11th street bridge blocked. let's pop up our cameras. we'll show you what else is

happening out here on the roads. northbound i-9 5, the crash occurred before 895. traffic volume improving and beginning to ease as you travel northbound up towards 695-6789 southbound, your lanes are open. let's continue now with our next set of cameras. southbound 270, crash occurred just south of 124 tying up the right side of the roadway. identify while, they had the southbound lanes closed. now, it is just the right lanes that is blocked. delays creeping up on you leaving germantown. expect to find delays building from 185 con condition avenue head west. allot of that snow fell on to the grassy areas but it is causing some slick spots because of the wet pavement. allow extra time out there on the roads. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. >> thank you. we have some new information to share in the breaking news today from south africa. that is where olympic sprinter oscar pistorius has been arrested in the shooting death

of his girlfriend inside his home. police say the victim is model riva steincamp. pistorius may have mistakenly thought she was a burglar when she may have been trying to surprise him for valentine's day. pistorius made history last summer becoming the first double amputee to compete in a regular olympic game. a developing story in alexandria this morning after a man is found dead inside his home. >> the victim is a 94-year-old man home alone at the time. fox 5's melanie alnwick is live in alexandria with the latest on the investigation. such a sad story this morning. >> reporter: that's right. this is a very quiet community and people here have certainly been shocked by this. you can see the home is still taped off here. there is also a police car that has been stationed out front just down the street. they're continuing to try to figure out exactly what happened here but we can tell you that police are calling the circumstance suspicious. it was shortly before 7:00 last

night when an adult male who lives in the home came back and found the 94-year-old man dead alone in the house. now, police say he had upper body trauma but they didn't elaborate on exactly what that means. sources tell fox 5 that investigators believe there was a burglary or a robbery here and that the person who found the man dead was an adult son or step-son. >> we're still investigating the facts surrounding the death but we do feel that it appears to be somewhat suspicious. >> just out here walking my dog. i had no idea. i didn't know. that is a little scary. >> reporter: according to an article in the del ray patch, the people who live in this house complained tries to the city council about their house being burglarized in the last year. police have not confirmed those reports. at this point, they don't have any information about a possible suspect. they're still calling this at this point a death investigation.

they haven't so far put the label of murder or homicide on this case. but again, it is still developing and we'll see what we found out later on in the day. back to you guys. >> thank you. also making headlines this morning, president obama's push for a minimum wage like, we'll tell you who doesn't want to see it happen and why minimum wage workers in the district could be in no a raise. >> we'll be back after this. 

president obama is running into opposition to his plan to increase the federal minimum wage. in tuesday's state of the union address, the president proposeed a like from the current rate of 7:25 an hour to $9 an hour by 2015. republican house speaker john boehner says ultimately that will lead to fewer jobs. >> when you raise the price of employment, guess what happens. you get less of it. at a time when the american people are still asking the question, where are the jobs, why would we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people? >> on wednesday, d.c. mayor vincent gray said he may ask the council to raise the minimum wage in the district. president obama will be in georgia later on today pushing a proposal he laid out in tuesday's state of the union

address. he wants states to make preschool more accessible. preschool can be expensive and wait lists for programs like head start can be daunting. numbers show less than 30% of children nationwide either have access to or are enrolled in a pre-k or a head start program. the state of georgia is considered a success story when it comes to early childhood education. it is the first to offer voluntary pre-k for every four- year-old regardless of income. bank of america are is helping home owners in the d.c. region who are having trouble with foreclosure t starts at 8:00 this morning and tomorrow. so far, 136 people are signed up but walk-s in are wake. customers with bank of america can all 855-201-7426 to register.

the softer side of former president. >> details on some love letters on display and all morning long, we are sharing your wishes on this valentine's day for that special someone in your life. >> love the music. some snow in parts of our area yesterday. but we are in for sunny skies and a warm-up today. tucker will be back with more on that. time now is 5:42.  my mom doesn't drink starbucks coffee because she thinks it's too dark, and so i brought her some blonde roast. she loves it now. "my son made me this coffee," "you should try it, it's delicious." ♪

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& only you &&. >> this morning, we are asking our facebook friends to charest message to their value tune and cindy tells us this is the sweetest thing her man has said to her. it is, quote, while we are two puzzle pieces of very different shapes, we somehow fit just perfectly. do you have some words of love about your valentine you would like to share perhaps. just search fox 5 morning news on facebook and we may share yours on air. >> i got to step up my game. >> yes, you do. >> some of these are pretty good. >> so far, they are excellent. >> i know. bring? some more poems. we like to hear wisdom read the poems. very sultry. happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day. as we take a live look outsued,

someone on facebook sent me a message about valentine's day. i asked about the gifts. owen riley says my worst valentine is when i had a great gift in mind to get for my mate but didn't get paid in time so i looked stupid. >> he could have made something. >> he could have written a poem. >> what would i ever make? >> a big map with a heart on it. >> all right. get to work on that right now. parts of our area did get a little snow last night. there will anling scraping in parts of the area early this morning as temperatures have gotten below the freezing mark and we're dealing with a little ice out there. columbia, about an inch of snow up in columbia. dulles about a half inch. and winchester about an inch. haven't found spots with much more than an inch. as you get towards baltimore, we had some areas that reported about an inch and a half.

there you go. big beautiful snakes last night. it actually fell for a time. -- big beautiful flakes last night. 35 in washington. 35 in annapolis. we are 32 this morning in baltimore. freezing mark there. 32 in frederick. 30 in manassas. you get the idea, we could have a couple of slippery spots. frederick, you are at 30 degrees as well. clear skies are allowing the temperatures to cool down and you can see we're looking very quiet here. our storminess from yesterday is now off to the north and east. it is racing to the north and east. we should be looking at a beautiful sunrise here in about an hour or so and a good looking day. high temperatures later today upper 40s to about 50 with plenty of sunshine. there you go, sunny forecast, nice afternoon. winds north and west here at five to 10. temperatures a few degrees above average later this afternoon. quiet tonight. 38 the overnight low. just a few clouds out there. winds south five to 10. tomorrow looks good too most of

the day. late tomorrow night, i think probably after midnight. we could get a period of sunshine slowdown and/or snow shower activity. colder air starts to move in for the weekend. weekend looks generally sunny and bright. those of you lucky enough to have the day off on monday, 47 with sunshine. let's do some traffic and find out what julie wright has in store for you. >> all right. wet pavement in morning which means we have trouble on the roads. we'll start off southbound along 270. crash occurred before you reach 274 montgomery village avenue. just a little south of this camera shot. big tie-ups coming southbound from 118 headed out towards the accident scene. on the top stretch of the beltway, we had accident activity before connecticut avenue tying up the left lane. delays slowing just west of georgia avenue. eastbound nix, heavier volume than usual at this hour.

traffic slows between 50 and 123. we'll show you what is happening along northbound i-97 as you approach 32. robert said i'm stuck in this, been here for at least 15 minutes. northbound i-97 closed at 32 because of the crash. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. traffic. when you think of former president lyndon johnson, you may think of the pace program or the vietnam war. but lbj was also a remantic. he wrote hundreds of letters to lady bird before they were married. those letters are on display at the university of texas in austin for valentine's day. johnson asked his future first lady to marry him after their first date but it took a few months of convincing before she said yes. when they finally married, johnson didn't splurge on their wedding bands. they came from sears for only $2.50 apiece. i had no idea. >> very frugal. >> i wonder if those letters

have been edited. i don't know. >> you don't think in 20 years somebody will be reading my stuff. >> you could say anything. >> why didn't you call me back gym a sure those were probably left out. coming up, let's think warm thoughts on this chilly morning. >> spring training is getting under way in florida. the nats getting back after an impressive season. dave ross and i debate whether we're talking world series this year. that's in off the wall. 

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now that string training is getting under way in florida, how are the nats locking this season? are we talking world series? >> sure, why not. we debate that in this morning's off the wall. we'll talk about everything but we'll start by saying like our facebook page. >> yeah. >> get on there and like our facebook page. >> are you doing all right? >> i'm doing okay. i'm starting off slow. >> i heard there have been all kind of illegal seminars going on. >> you got to do what you got to do to get the numbers up. let's talk about baseball. baseball season is about to start. we are close. >> you like the nats? >> i like the nats. that's my team. what are your expectations for the nats this year? they've got spring straining in viera. pitchers and catchers are there as we speak. you talk with people around

town. the expectation level is through the roof. if you say #00 winds, people go, yeah, they should probably win 100 games. think about that. to win 100 out of 162, that is a lot. all of a sudden, yeah, they should win 100 games. >> that is based on last year. >> that is not easy to do. -- if you say 100 wins, people go, yeah, they should probably win 100 games. i think the expectation level is as high as it has ever been. when you win the division last year, now, people want it go deeper. what i mean by that is world series. what you set the bar that high, don't worry about -- >> you want the level of expectation to be up there. you don't want to set the barlow and then say we won 50 games. >> last year, it was set low and they ran through it. >> that is gone now. now that you've taken it to another level, you got to keep

it at another level. raise the bar high. >> so world series or bust. >> don't say or bust. >> i know we're excited about baseball but football season is over. >> it is a very, very sad state of affairs. >> what do you ith your free time now that football is done. >> now that the old pigskin is on ice, in mothballs, here is what i'm doing. >> i'm nervous right now. >> you know the westminster kennel dog show. i didn't watch that. >> i'm sure you didn't. >> i didn't. >> did you tivo to? >> i was but then sarah told me who won. i'm not interested anymore. so now i'm going for if he cannous college basketball. we got march madness coming up. i got a couple of teams that i like. >> are you going to give me an early withinner in february? >> no, i'll just give you a couple of -- my top four.

i got duke. i got michigan. i got georgetown. >> what? >> i'm being a homer. who is my other team. indiana is number one. >> i'll take the syracuse orange. you're not being a home we are that. >> one of the best four teams in college basketball. i'll go with michigan as well. i got a surprise for you. it is all about the u. the miami hurricanes legit and they are going to be tough. >> and coach jimmy l. >> i'm kicking georgetown out. >> can't do it. too late. >> i'm kicking georgetown out. >> georgetown is out. florida is in. >> georgetown is out. florida is in.

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